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GGRR…

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Is it just me or does anyone else hate those new hand dryers in the bathrooms in the newer restaurants and/or stores??? They are so annoying, because they are automatic and if you don’t move your hands fast enough for long enough, they turn off on you.  That really irks me!!!

GGRRR…

You can’t dry your hands off as fast if you move your hands too fast, you have to let the air blow on them for a little bit, move them, blow a little more, move them….you get the idea…so it’s really annoying when all the sudden the thing just turns off!!! OK, I’m done complaining, for now.

Carry On =)

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Men, you might wanna skip this post…just sayin’ LOL

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

So, for about a week now I have been sick…no, not really sick, just OFF.  I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why… This weird pressure in my head, then headaches, night sweats, sweating out of the blue during the day, nausea, fatigue, sleeplessness, the list goes on and on. And that’s not all…

Then last night I really didn’t feel good and I thought I had a fever, so I took my temperature.  The thermometer said 103 degrees.  I thought that wasn’t right so I took it again, right away.  Then it said I had a temperature of 99.1.  I thought that was strange.  Buster told me to take some Tylenol and lay down, so I did.  I thought I was coming down with something.

About an hour later, exhausted, I went to bed only to not be able to get comfortable and not sleep. Then when I finally did fall asleep for a couple hours, I woke up around 4 drenched with sweat and freezing!!  Then I tried and failed to get comfortable some more til I finally fell back to sleep, covering myself up with the sheet and taking it off again as I went from freezing to overheating several times…Then this morning I was laying in bed feeling not very rested and it came to me….MENOPAUSE!!!!!  What was happening last night were extreme HOT FLASHES!!!!  I have had them before, but never like this!!

I had a radical (they took EVERYTHING) hysterectomy three years ago and I think it’s finally catching up to me.  See your body converts fat cells into estrogen so us “big girls” tend to store up estrogen longer than those who are not as “fluffy”.  So all the symptoms I have been having…night sweats, extreme hot flashes, pressure in my head, fatigue, sleeplessness (ironic, huh??), headaches, body aches, dizziness, nausea, the whole works is stinking menopause.  I should have known.  I figured if I hadn’t had much problems by now, I wouldn’t.  HA!!!

My next problem is, I don’t want to take anything that isn’t natural, but that’s all my insurance will pay for, is something I can get from my doctor….I have progesterone cream, but it won’t take care of everything, so I’m not sure what to do.  Any suggestions??

AND, I just read that this can go on from 1-10 years!!!! UGH!! Pray for me please!!!

Carry On =)

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The time has come…

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Buster and I bought our mattress like 14 years ago, and let me tell you, it’s time to get a new one!!!  I’d like to not only get a mattress but also headboard and  foot board set…we have never had a nice one and I think it’s about time.

I am seriously thinking about having Buster and his friend J. make it themselves.  They have the knowledge and skills to do it!! So all I would need to buy is the mattress set.  That would save us some money and give the guys a project (like they don’t have enough to do around here, LOL)

Actually now that I am thinking about it, I think I should have them make a whole bedroom set, night stands and all!!  Maybe I won’t press my luck, keep it simple….for now ;)

Carry On =)

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No shoes for me =(

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

OK, so I am not having any luck with reviewing a pair of shoes!!!  I have small but quite chubby feet and I am having a hard time finding shoes wide enough without getting “old lady shoes” LOL.  No offense to those ladies who are older!!

The folks at CSNStores.com have been great.  They shipped both pairs of shoes I wanted to me for free and also let me send them back for free!! They have been very patient and helpful!! I just can’t buy the dressy, high-heel type shoes without trying them on first, and the peeps over at CSN Stores have been patient enough already, so I am going to try something else!!!  Stay tuned to see what it is!!

Carry On =)

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Eli’s Birthday!!!

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

I miss my son each and every day…Six years ago (this November) his young life was snuffed out because of the carelessness of someone else.  Although I believe God allowed this to happen, I still feel like Eli went to heaven much much too early.

I often wonder what he would look like now, had he been able to age here on earth.  How tall would he be, would he have lost all his pre-adolescent chub, would his voice be rich and deep by now?? And then  I wonder about the “character” things.  Would he still be polite and kind and generous, I’d like to believe he would be.

Today he would have been 16.  August 15, 1994 9:27 PM.  9 lbs 4 oz, 19 inches long.

One of the happiest days of my life was when that “little man” came into my life.  All I ever wanted was to be a good wife and a good mom.  That was more important to me than anything else. I wanted to prove to God and everyone (and myself) that with His help, I could break the cycle of abuse I went through as a child and that against the world’s odds (not GOD”S) I could rise above all that.  I don’t really know if I was all that good at it, but I do know that I tried my best! And I know that Eli could have never doubted my love for him as I told him and showed him each and every day that I saw him that I loved him.  And I know I broke the cycle of abuse in my family because never once have I ever abused my kids in any way.

A lot has happened in these short 6 years that I would have never imagined would, but I am so thankful that God has allowed me and my family to hang on by His grace to what we know to be true and used it for our good.  I hope that when Eli looks down, he can see our love for God and for him and that we miss him and love him, but we are still marching forward and serving God the best way we know how.

Happy Birthday my love, I miss you and love you

Always, Mom

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What a Pain!!

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

My friends dad had to have surgery on his rotator cuff (shoulder) a while back.  He was in so much pain before the surgery, he couldn’t lift his arm above his waist!!  That’s a lot of pain!! And he also suffers from Post-Polio syndrome (he had polio as a child), which can be very painful.  But this man is one of the hardest working men I know!!

He works at a truck parts factory, I think.  I’m not sure if they actually make parts or if they just fix them, but what he does is hard work.  He has to pull parts down off of high shelves and lift heavy truck and car parts.  It’s a hard job, my peeps!!

Anyway, they had to fight and fight to get the companies disability claims department to finally decide they would pay for his surgery.  I don’t know if they thought they should have their own disability insurance or what.  And it isn’t easy for some people to prove that their injuries are work related, either.  This man works on Church buses and friends cars and all that, so he technically could have injured himself somewhere other than work, but goodness!!!  Pulling parts and working on heavy equipment for 20+ years sure can’t be easy on a body!!

It would seem to  me that his place of work would want to take better care of their employees, to keep them in good shape so they can do their jobs and do them well!!

Carry On =)

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*Tear*

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Remember this post???  Well, the shoes were not wide enough for my chubby little feet, so I am sending for a different style and if those don’t work, I’ll have to try something else entirely!!  Stay tuned…..

Family camp is amazing, I knew it would be.   Buster and pumpkin_seed and I went for a walk today on the Creation Trail, looked for items on our scavenger hunt list and sweat to death!!! And we also had really yummy french bread subs for lunch!!! I sang a solo in Chapel this morning (ugh) and we are all just having a good time!!!

Hope your week is going great, too….

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A new diet….

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

In my quest to lose weight, I have thought about trying just about anything to give myself a leg up on this weight loss thing.  I have recently heard of several people I know that have tried the HCG hormone weight loss diet.  All three people I have talked to have had great results, so I am really seriously thinking about trying it out.  My one problem is the cost.  And it really isn’t that expensive, I am just on a really limited budget at the moment.  But I am seriously thinking about trying this when I get an extra $45 (my one friend said that’s all it cost her including shipping of the product).  And compared to other programs and/or drugs, that is pretty reasonable, especially if it works, which it did for her!! She looks great!!

I think you can get the hormones themselves in a couple different ways, drops (that you place under the tongue) and injections you inject into your tummy fat.  I really don’t know a lot about this diet, but I can’t ignore the results I have seen with my own eyes.  If have found several websites with information about this HCG diet.  If you live in Texas, you could try HCG injections Austin, otherwise, you could just Google HCG diet and you can read about all the pro’s and con’s of this diet and even read some warnings about it.

Of the three people I talked to about it, only one had issues with side effects or problems, and that was due to a pre-existing condition that flared up due to how this diet works in the body.  So maybe by next summer, I will have that swim-suit body I really wanted for this summer!

Til we meet again…

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Sisters….

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

My twin sister (Jenny) was born with Cerebral Palsy.  Brain Damage.  I have no idea whether she had it in the womb or if something happened during delivery that caused this brain damage.  As a child she had problems with her fine motor skills ( picking th9ings up with her fingers) as well as her gross motor skills (learning to crawl and walk).  The doctor’s told my parents that my sister might never walk without some sort of aid and that she would probably eventually be in a wheel chair.  She did walk and as of yet (35 years old) she has not been confined to a chair.

In the last few years Jenny’s health has been on a steady decline.  She has major back and neck pain as well as problems with her one shoulder.  I can’t help but wonder if some of this has been brought on by her lifestyle.  She hasn’t made the best choices when it comes to what she has subjected her body to.  She is a smoker and has been known to drink.  And she is very sedentary.

My parent’s and I have often hounded her to take better care of herself to keep herself in better health.  Of course, I am one to talk…I am overweight and don’t get the exercise I should, but I also don’t have the health issues she has.  I keep telling her that if she doesn’t quit smoking, she’s going to get emphysema and need one of those respironics oxygen concentrators.  Or worse, she may end up cutting her life short with lung cancer.

I hope she wises up soon, before it’s too late!!!

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I love my “job”…

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Buster and I have been drooling over looking at some  bedroom furniture sets, as we have never had a “real” one.  When we bought our first house, it came partially furnished with some cheap furniture, which included a headboard and dresser set that matched, but it wasn’t anything that was really nice.  Soon after, we bought a king size bed and the headboard didn’t fit it, so we have been about 12 years or so without one.  Which isn’t really a big deal, but I would really like to get a nice matching set.

CSNStores is making it really easy for me to find stuff I like and get it for a reasonable price.  They have given me the opportunity to pick something out from any one of their 200+ stores, order it and review it here on my blog.   It’s really been awesome…You remember my Fondue Set and my Cookie Sheet, don’t you?? Those are mine thanks to the fine folks over at CSN Stores!!! I love my “job”!!!

Come on back in a few days when I will be posting a review on these.  My Pastor’s wife wears Aerosoles all the time and is always telling me how comfortable they are, so I am going to try them out.  I have been trying to find a pair of sandals that have heels but are still comfortable, but haven’t had much luck thus far.   I am so excited!! I can’t wait to share with you what I think of these beauties….

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